Keita was born in
Abidjan. After starring for
Ivory Coast at the
1997 FIFA World Youth Championship he, alongside countryman
Félix Ettien, was bought by Spanish club
Levante UD. The pair struggled mightily during their first months in the new reality, with Keita eventually failing to settle altogether and leaving in January 1999 for
La Liga team
Real Oviedo, being irregularly used during his stay and starting in 37 of his 48 games in the top division (the
Asturians would be relegated in his
third season). In April 2001, Keita was briefly suspended by the
Royal Spanish Football Federation for allegedly holding a false
French passport. After five years with Oviedo, which included a loan in Portugal, he continued his career in Spain in its
second and
third tiers, in a stint in the country which spanned over a decade. ==References==